A2-25 Research and Development Expenditure
and Public Spending on Education as Percentage of GDP
Source: World Bank WDI Database.				(%)
Country or Area	Research and Development Expenditure as of GDP		Public Spending on Education, Total as of GDP
	2000	2008	2000	2008
World	2.15	2.07①	4.06	4.45
High Income	2.43	2.29	4.88	5.37
Middle Income	0.66	0.98①	3.96	4.34
China	0.90	1.44①
Hong Kong, China	0.47	0.81②		3.34
Macao, China			3.68	2.14
Bangladesh			2.38	2.39
Brunei Darussalam			3.71
Cambodia			1.67	1.60
India	0.77	0.80①	4.41
Indonesia	0.07			2.82
Iran		0.67②	4.39	4.79
Israel	4.32	4.86	6.49	5.92
Japan	3.04	3.44①	3.67	3.42
Kazakhstan	0.18	0.22	3.26
Korea, Rep.	2.30	3.21①		4.80
Laos			1.50	2.27
Malaysia	0.47	0.64②	5.97	4.11
Mongolia	0.20	0.23①	5.79
Myanmar	0.11		0.57
Pakistan	0.13	0.67①	1.84	2.93
Philippines			3.49	2.81
Singapore	1.88	2.52①		2.64
Sri Lanka	0.14	0.17②
Thailand	0.25	0.25②	5.41	3.75
Viet Nam				5.32
Egypt	0.19	0.23①		3.76
South Africa			5.59	5.09
Canada	1.91	0.93①	5.56	4.77
Mexico	0.37	1.84	4.86
United States	2.75	0.38①		5.46
Argentina	0.44	2.83	4.60	5.39
Brazil	1.02	0.51①	4.01
Venezuela	0.38	1.10①
Czech Rep.	1.21	1.47	3.97	4.09
France	2.15	2.02	5.67	5.58
Germany	2.45	2.54①	4.46
Italy	1.05	1.18	4.47	4.58
Netherlands	1.83	1.63	4.96	5.46
Poland	0.64	0.61	5.01
Russian Fed.	1.05	1.03	2.94	4.09
Spain	0.91	1.34	4.28	4.62
Turkey	0.48	0.72①	2.59
Ukraine	0.96	0.85①	4.17
United Kingdom	1.81	1.88	4.51	5.42
Australia	1.51	2.06②	4.69	4.43
New Iealand		1.26①		6.16①
Note:①Data refer to 2007.②Data refer to 2006.